Improvement in liquid measures and registers



O. H'. GOEBEL. Liquid Measure and Register.

No." 209,338. Patented Oct. 29,1878;-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN H. GOEBEL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENT, TO THE UNITED STATES LIQUOR-REGISTERING COMPANY.

IMPROVEMENT I N LIQUID MEASURES AND REGISTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,338, dated October'29, 1878; application filed March 21, 1878.

, To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN H. GoEBEL, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Apparatus for Registering, Measuring, and DischargingLiquids, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a bottle having my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is avertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a bottom view thereof. Fig. 4 is abottom view of a portion t-hereof.'

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention relates to an apparatus for registering, measuring, anddischarging liquids.

The invention consists of a vessel having a measuring and dischargingchamber, provided with an inlet and outlet and valves therefor, incombination witha register and operating-arms. Each discharge is of apredetermined quantity, and the number of discharges is registered, sothat the measurement of the whole amount removed from the bottle,barrel, or other vessel may be readily computed, thus providing anapparatus convenient for the above purposes, and serving as safeguardsagainst improper abstraction of the liquid.

It also consists of the vessel having alockcd cap, the fixed portionwhereof is firmly secured to the vessel by wires or strips, whose lowerends are connected to the bottom plate of the vessel.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a bottle, the bottom of which isremoved and covered by a plate, B, having an opening, a; or the bottomof the bottle may have a perforation communicating with said opening a,

the plate being firmly secured to the bottom or lower end of the bottle.Connected to said plate B is a measuring-chamber, 0, having adischarge-opening, b, the inlet to said chamber being the opening a atthe bottom of the bottle' The chamber 0 may, however, be secured to abarrel, cask, demijohn, or other vessel, and it communicates therewithby.

means of a suitable opening. D represents a slide, which is passedthrough the sides of the chamber 0, or otherwise guided so as to coverand uncover the opening a,- and E represents a slide, which is alsopassed through the sides of the chamber 0, or otherwise guided so as tocover and uncover the opening I), the two slides being so constructed orarranged that when the opening a is uncovered the opening bis covered,and vice versa, the slide E having an opening, d, which is adapted toregister with the opening or outlet 1) of the chamber 0. The two slidesare connected to a cross-bar or handle, F, so as to conveniently andsimultaneously operate the slides, and to the same is attached a curvedarm, G, which plays in a slot in or bears against an arm, 0, one end ofwhich carries a pawl for operation of a suitable register, It, locatedon the under side of the chamber 0, or otherwise properly applied. Aspring, f, is connected to one or both of the slides D E or the handleF, for restoring the slides to their normal position, which is when theopening a is uncovered and the opening 11 is covered.

The bottle may be supported on suitable feet, and a pipe or tube may beattached to the chamber O at the outlet or discharge 1). The top ormouth of the bottle will be provided with a tight-fitting closing-cap,y, secured by lock and key, the fixed portion-of said cap havingconnected to it wires or strips h, whose lower ends are connected to theplate B at the bottom of the bottle, whereby said cap and plate arefirmly secured to the bottle.

The operation is as follows: The cap 9 will be unlocked and opened, andthe fluid, preferably previously measured, is poured into the bottle,the same then flowing through the opening a into the chamber 0, which isthus filled with fluid, the chamber being of a certain capacity. The capg is then looked. When a quantity of the fluid, or, say, a drinkthereof, is required, the chamber containing exactly that quantity ordrink, the bar-keeper or other person forces in the handle or lever F.This causes the slide D to close or cover the opening a, and bring theopenings 1) cl in communication, thus uncovering the opening or outlet1), whereby the fluid in the bottle is out off from the chamber 0, andthe fluid in the chamber Gimmediately discharges through the opening I)or tube attached thereto. Simultaneous with the movement of the handle For slides D E, the arms G c are moved, whereby the register It isoperated, thus indicating the discharge of one drink, or a quantity ofliquid equal to the capacity of the cham her 0. The handle F islet go,and the parts assume their normal positions, the opening I) beingcovered and the opening (6 uncovered, whereby the chamber 0 again fillsfrom the bottle or vessel A.

As each discharge is of a predetermined quantity and the number ofdischarges is registered, the measurement of the whole amount removedfrom the vessel may be readily computed, the advantages of which areevident,

and an additional advantage is presented,

namely, a safeguard against improper abstraction of the liquid, as theonly outlet thereof is through the chamber A, whereby all discharges aremeasured and registered.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters 0. H. GOEBEL.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEnERsHnrM. H. E. HINDMARSH.

